Media contacts at UCLA

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UCLA Media Relations personnel

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UCLA media relations serves journalists covering breaking news, campuswide issues and student affairs and responds to general media inquiries.

Eddie North-Hager 
Interim Executive Director of UCLA Media 
[email protected]  
310-780-3417

Jessica Wolf
Director of Arts Communications and Marketing 
[email protected]
310-825-1046

Katherine Alvarado
Assistant Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-794-6847
(media inquiries, English and Spanish)

Barbra Ramos
Assistant Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-844-3582
(areas: university initiatives, community-engaged research, Institute of American Cultures, ethnic studies, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, accessibility and disability)

Alison Hewitt
Senior Media Relations Officer
[email protected]
310-206-5461
(areas: climate change and environment, humanities, Volunteer Center, veterans)

Elizabeth Kivowitz 
Senior Media Relations Officer
[email protected] 
310-466-8769
(areas: social sciences, politics, economics, anthropology, technology and society, immigration, Center for Community Engagement, international and foreign policy experts)

Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez 
Senior Media Relations Officer 
[email protected]
310-340-3911
(areas: university events and initiatives, community engagement, campus life, sustainability)

Holly Ober
Senior Media Relations Officer
[email protected]
310-956-6465
(areas: physical sciences, life sciences, space and astronomy, geology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, evolution, ecology, biology, molecular genetics, psychology)

Valarie Haynes
Office Manager
[email protected]
310-825-5295

Chris Stanton
Media Relations Assistant
[email protected]
310-825-2585
 

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UCLA Newsroom 

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Todd Schindler
Managing Editor and Director, UCLA Media
[email protected]
213-326-6300

Nancy Gondo
Senior Editor
[email protected]
310-429-8527

Madeline Adamo
Features Writer
[email protected]
650-387-1565

Michael Callahan
Editorial Director of UCLA Magazine
[email protected]
310-487-8728
 

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UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine

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For media inquiries regarding UCLA medical centers, hospitals and clinics and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, email [email protected] and visit the UCLA Health news page. 

Contact information for individual members of the UCLA Health media team can be found here.
 

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UCLA Athletics

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For media inquiries regarding intercollegiate sports and athletics at UCLA, visit the UCLA Bruins website and contact:

Liza David
Sports Information Director
[email protected]
310-206-8140
 

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UCLA professional schools

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Media contacts for each of UCLA’s 12 professional schools:
 

School of the Arts and Architecture

Anne Marie Burke
Assistant Dean, Strategic Communications
[email protected]
310-825-4140

School of Dentistry

Ben Alkaly 
Director of Communications 
[email protected]
310-206-0835

School of Education and Information Studies

John McDonald
Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-880-5332

Samueli School of Engineering

Christine Wei-li Lee
Assistant Dean, Chief Marketing Communications Officer
[email protected]
310-206-0540

School of Law

Orli Belman
Assistant Dean, Communications
[email protected]

Anderson School of Management

Paul Feinberg
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
310-794-1215

Geffen School of Medicine

For inquiries, email [email protected].

Herb Alpert School of Music

Russell Kelban 
Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
310-825-4215

School of Nursing

Aaron Hilf
Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-903-6654

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Kate Shirley
Executive Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-206-5252

Fielding School of Public Health

Brad Smith
Director of Public Relations
[email protected]
424-440-3051

School of Theater, Film and Television

Kat Carrido Bonds
Executive Director of Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
310-825-7891

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Additional campus units

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Many UCLA centers and units have their own media contacts:

Alumni Association

Estellaleigh Franenberg
Creative Director, Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
310-794-5189

Broad Stem Cell Research Center

Ani Vahradyan 
Communications and Media Relations Manager 
[email protected]
310-968-6144

California NanoSystems Institute

Nicole Wilkins
Director of Strategic Communications 
[email protected]
310-869-6835

Center for Health Policy Research

Tiffany Lopes
Director of Communications and Publications
[email protected]
310-794-0930

Center for Immigration Law and Policy

Sandra Hernandez
Director of Strategic Communications
[email protected]

Chicano Studies Research Center

Rebecca Epstein
Communications and Academic Programs Officer
[email protected]
310-206-9185

Depression Grand Challenge

Anne Dahlem
Director of Communications
[email protected]
949-400-2055

Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Evan George
Communications Director 
[email protected]
323-877-8404

Film & Television Archive

Sally Marquez
Assistant Director of Communications and Digital Content
[email protected]
310-825-4518

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Nathalia Morales-Evanks
Director of Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
310-825-4288

Hammer Museum at UCLA

Santiago Pazos
Senior Manager, Public Relations
[email protected]
310-443-7016

Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance

Daniel Seeff
West Coast Director
[email protected]
310-206-9700

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Claire Griffiths
Marketing and Communications Specialist
[email protected]
714-396-6766

International Institute

Peggy McInerny
Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-794-7226

 

Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Alberto Lammers
Director of Communications
[email protected]
 

The Promise Institute for Human Rights

Natalie Monsanto 
Communications and Development Manager
[email protected]

Technology Development Group

Marivi Valcourt 
Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
310-569-1764

UCLA Labor Center

Emily Jo Wharry
Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-617-5609

UCLA Library

Ariane Bicho
Director of Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
760-836-2153

Williams Institute

Rachel Dowd
Communications Manager
[email protected]
310-206-8982